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Florida State Music Teachers
Foundation Report
by Paulette Kilts, FSMTF President
News from the Foundation Board meeting held June 11, 2011:
1) The Board extends thanks to Susan Myrick for serving as
Foundation Treasurer since 2009. Her service ended in July
2011. The Board approved Sheron White as interim Treasurer
beginning July 2011. Sheron has also agreed to serve as
nominee for this position for the next term. Election of
Foundation Treasurer will take place at the Foundation Board
meeting on Thursday, November 3, 2011.
2) A professional audit of Foundation finances will be completed
during the month of July 2011 by CPA Gary M. Huggett of
Masters, Smith and Wisby, PA of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.
3) The FSMTA Local and District Presidents Community Service
Award became a fully endowed award in the winter of 2011.
Beginning with the award made at the 2011 State Conference,
the amount of the award will be $250.
4) FSMT Foundation has approved a Conflict of Interest policy
which can be reviewed online at www.fmta.org.
Donations since the last newsletter report:
FSMTF funds:
District VII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50
SWMTA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
District V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Sue Bentley Colvert Young Artist Piano Performance endowment:
from the Studio families of Sue Colvert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400
Robert Sherwood Junior Piano endowment:
William and Susan Hereth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50
Dr. Jimmy E. and Deana Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Make plans now to attend the annual Foundation Gala on
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at Daytona Beach Shores Resort.
Watch for more information online and in the next newsletter.
FSMT Foundation Former Executive Director Remembered
by Paulette Kilts, FSMTF President
The Florida State Music Teachers Foundation Executive Board and FSMTA
members extend their heartfelt sympathy to past-President Sue Bentley
Colvert on the death of her beloved husband, Jim.
Rev. Dr. James W. Colvert, Sr. passed away on Friday, July 22, 2011. Jim
faithfully served the Florida State Music Teachers Foundation as it’s only
Executive Director from 1985-1997. During this time he provided
leadership by developing policy guidelines for awards and their
endowments, recommending updates to the Bylaws of the Foundation,
seeking donors, giving guidance on investment of the corpus and
promoting the work of the Foundation.
I remember the sincerity he displayed when presenting the Community
Service Awards to student winners at State Conferences as Foundation
Executive Director. He believed that the Foundation awards should be
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FSMTA
NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT
from Paulette Kilts, Nominating Committee Chair
The following slate of officers will be presented at the First General
Session of the 2011 State Conference on Friday, November 4.
Further nominations may be made from the floor, providing
consent has been obtained from each additional nominee. Election
will take place during the Second General Session on Saturday,
November 5 (with the exception of the FSMT Foundation
Treasurer). The newly-elected officers will be installed at the Third
General Session on Sunday, November 6. Outgoing FSMTA
President Marc Hebda will preside at the installation.
Photos and bios will be published in the October/November issue of
The Florida Music Teacher. The deadline for submitting this
information to Paulette Kilts is September 1, 2011.
President-elect - Mary Seal, District 7
Vice-President (VP) for Membership - Anna Fagan, District 5
VP for District/Local Associations - Jo Plunkett, District 4
VP for MTNA Competitive Events - Denise Homsley, District 4
VP for FSMTA Competitive Events - Betsy Randolph, District 7
VP for FSMTA Non-competitive Events - Tanya Brooks, District 2
Recording Secretary - Karen Schaefer, District 3
Corresponding Secretary - Lisa Leonard, District 6
FSMT Association Treasurer - Al Rozier, District 7
FSMT Foundation Treasurer - Sheron White, District 9
Please extend your thanks to the members of the
Nominating committee:
Martha Stubbs, Director
Adrienne LeBlanc, President-elect
Carolyn Troupin, District 3 President
Duncan MacMillan/Becky Barlar, District 9 Presidents
Kerri Turner, representative from Pensacola MTA
Rhonda Danielson, President Palm Beach County MTA
endowed so that the interest from the corpus could support the awards.
He promoted providing awards which represented the dedicated work of
our talented young musicians. He also diligently reminded the Executive
Board members to make their annual donation to the Foundation.
We are also grateful for the Sue Bentley Colvert Young Artist Piano
performance endowment. This enables the Foundation to present an
award of $500 to the winner of the Florida segment of the MTNA Young
Artist Piano competition. Annually a donation is received from the
students of Sue Colvert and their families towards this award so that the
corpus can remain stable and earning interest. If you are interested in
making a contribution to the Foundation or endowing an award, please
contact me. At this time, donation checks are to be sent to my address
found on the back page of this newsletter.